They were attacked while sailing off the Venezuelan coast.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the deaths of six people who were sailing on a motorboat. This was the fifth attack since the United States deployed military vessels to the Caribbean in August as part of an offensive against alleged “narco-terrorist networks associated to Venezuela.”

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Lenore Burnley, mother of Chad Joseph, one of the deceased men, criticized the method of the attack and stated that her son was a fisherman, had family in Venezuela, and was only trying to return home after three months in that country.

Local media identified the second Trinidadian as Samaroo, also a fisherman of Las Cuevas, and despite calls and messages, no official response has been received from the Trinidad and Tobago government regarding the incident.

Trinidad And Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar supported the U.S. strikes from the outset, stating that there should be no sympathy for drug traffickers and that they should “kill them all violently.”

The text reads, “Trinidad and Tobago authorities condemn the murder of two fishermen by the Donald Trump administration. They deny any links to drug trafficking gangs.”

The first U.S. attack against small boats in the Caribbean occurred on September 2 and killed eleven people. Since then, 27 persons have died in these operations.

After the fourth attack, Persad-Bissessar reiterated her support for the military offensive in talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, focusing on security and energy.

So far, Trinidad and Tobago authorities have not provided satisfactory explanations for the incidents, creating further uncertainty among family members.

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Source: Trinidad and Tobago Guardian – DW News

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